About Me Mini Book to Celebrate the End of School

This has been a school year like no other, and while kids might not want to spend a lot of time recording their memories now, having things to remember this year will be really cool in years to come.

Maggie from Red Ted Art suggested this About Me mini book (which in turn was shared with her by Mrs. Mactivity) would give younger kids a way to document a bit about themselves this year without delving into all the weirdness.

It’s a one page printable book that kids can color and fold that includes things like a drawing of them, favorite book, hobbies, animal and other things.

If you did want to try to glean more specific to this year memories, you could make your own book of this style with spots for things like “favorite thing we did at home” or “draw a zoom meeting.”

[Photo via Red Ted Art.]

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Fun End of the School Year Activities for the Classroom

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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